Matthew Maguire is a secondary Maths and Physics teacher in Sydney who brings over 20 years of telecoms, IP networking and cloud architecture experience to the classroom. Formerly a Solution and Cloud Architect at Nokia and an IMS domain lead at Alcatel-Lucent, he has designed transitions from TDM/SS7 to IMS/4G VoIP and cloud/SDN infrastructures for major operators. He combines a strong technical grounding in computer science and electrical engineering with hands-on skills in systems administration, lab-building, tools development and security hardening. Matthew is also an active open-source contributor, improving core functionality and camera white-balance presets for the well-known darktable project. His background in complex systems design and customer-focused consulting gives him a knack for explaining intricate technical concepts clearly to students and stakeholders alike. Currently completing a Master of Teaching, he blends deep industry practice with pedagogy to prepare the next generation for tech-driven careers.
darktable is an open source photography workflow application and raw developer
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:1 review, 49 commits, 46 PRs in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Matthew's contributions primarily involve enhancing the darktable application's core functionality by addressing white balance (WB) presets, ensuring a correct and valid aspect ratio input, and improving preset handling. They added and refined WB presets for various Sony and Nikon camera models, which included finetuning of existing presets and generation of new ones. Additionally, the user fixed an issue related to the update preset operation in the export module and addressed potential crashes from corrupt collect module presets.
Contributions:138 pushes, 107 branches in 11 months
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Matthew Maguire - Teacher at NSW Department of Education